we did avoid going over the fiscal cliff. that is obviously important not just for the economy this year but our long-term economy and i think you see the markets recognize that. i will say one thing, everybody recognizes this is just step one. what everybody is talking about from economists to business leaders we need 3 to $4 trillion deal here. this is $600 billion deal. this is step one in the process and i think the president, you saw the president acknowledge that last night. tracy: are you happy with what happened, steve? i guess one could say we averted, avoided the inevitable but at the same time, we didn't even get one spending cut that people were looking for. the american people want to hear that the government is getting its act together and we didn't see that. >> no, i think this is extremely disappointing. yes, you had to do it to avoid going off the cliff and raising taxes on so many people but it as though you took someone and threatened to throw them off the top of a mountain and at the last minute you said,